For the second time in his career, Matt Carasiti is a member of the San Francisco Giants organization. However, unlike his first time with the organization, the 30-year-old right-hander is hoping to have the opportunity to actually show what he can do on the hill.
The San Francisco Giants have signed Matt Carasiti to a minor league contract
On January 6, 2020, Carasiti was signed by the San Francisco Giants to a minor league deal that included an invite to spring training. His stint with the Giants was short-lived, however, as he underwent Tommy John surgery a little over two months later, just before the COVID-19 pandemic brought Major League Baseball to a halt.
He was released by the Giants after the surgery, but was picked up by the Boston Red Sox a year later as part of a minor league deal. Before and after signing this contract, Carasiti worked on developing his fastball (at more speed than ever before) to combine it with an already developed forkball that could also be a weapon.
While Carasiti didn’t have time in MLB with the Red Sox, he does have experience with the Colorado Rockies and Seattle Mariners on a major league mound, throwing over 25.1 total innings in 2016 (Rockies) and 2019 (Mariners). 30 games ) seasons. Results were better with Seattle in a shorter sample size (4.66 ERA in 11 games vs. 9.19 ERA in 19 games with Colorado), but that was before Tommy John had surgery and a remodeled elbow that showed promise for a Carasiti -Moving to the new look was forward.
Since being drafted in the sixth round by the Rockies in the 2012 MLB draft, Carasiti has been a member of five different organizations. He has appeared in 250 minor league games and started 34 of them early in his career before moving to the bullpen where he has 81 career saves.
The Giants will take a look at what Carasiti can possibly bring them in spring training, and then will likely start the season in the minor leagues. However, if he can master both fastball and forkball, look to San Francisco to give him a chance in the Big League bullpen sometime in 2022.
